CAM Plants

[deleted738762]

Cliffs states " At this time, malic acid is shuttled out of the vacuole and converted back to OAA (requiring 1 ATP to ADP), releasing CO2 ."

How does going from a 4C malic acid to a 4C OAA release a CO2? This doesn't make sense. I know it requires 1 ATP but the carbons don't "add up".

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[deleted738762]

Bump!

 

[I-hate-alginate]

Haha all you need to know is it goes from malic acid to OAA and it releases CO2. Don't focus on the tiny details, you'll go crazy.

 

[StudentDentistsRock]

Haha all you need to know is it goes from malic acid to OAA and it releases CO2. Don't focus on the tiny details, you'll go crazy.

I second this. Just know that the release of CO2 occurs!